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No. 416,821. Patented Dec 10,1889

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. H. T. WILSON. PAPER REEL WITH PRINTING ATTACHMENT. No. 416,821. Patented De0.10-, 1889.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

V HOMER T. WILSON, OF HARRODSBURG, ASSIGNOR TO THE MERCHANTS ROLL PAPER PRINTER AND CUTTER COMPANY, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

PAPER-REEL WITH PRINTING ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 4I6,821, dated December 10, 1889.

Application filed May 22, 1888.

- .12) all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HOMER T. WILSON, a resident of I-Iarrodsburg, in the county of Mercer and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Reels with Printing Attachments, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section'of the printing-roller. Fig. 4 is a section atac y, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows the inner side of one of the printing-roller arms with its actuating-spring. Fig. 6 shows the auxiliary spring and the devices by which it is brought into action. Fig. 7 shows the inner face of a part of one of the arms J, with stops to limit the rotationof the ink-tube. Fig. 8 is a plan of the ink-tube. Fig. 9 is a trans verse section of the same. Fig. 10 is a plan of the spring actuating the printing-roller frame.

In the drawings, A A A are paper rolls of different Widths, revolubly mounted in a frame B, adapted to rest upon a shelf, counter, or similar support. The roll-shafts are removably mounted in open bearings 0, projecting within the end walls of the frame B.

In front of the lower roll A is a shelf D, provided with a tearing-bar or knife-edge E,

fixed parallel to and a little above the shelfs surface. From the shelf, justin rear of the bar E, curved papereguides F pass upward and backward to the roll 'A, upon which they lightly rest, being hinged to the shelf. At corresponding points upon the bar E are rigidly secured slender curved springs G, which at all times press gently upon the paper a,

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A are at approxiniately the same distance from the pivotal axis of the frame H. Consequently whether the roll be large or small the cylinder presses in approximately a radial di- 5 5 rection. TheframeHis supportedbytwo arms J, which swing upon a rod K, passing through suitable supports L upon the shelf D. Upon the .rod is placed a spring M-half right, half left hand-whose ends rest upon pins or hooks N, Figs. 2 and 5, upon the inner faces of the arms J, and whose middle loop N reacts against the shelf D. Owing to the great length of the spring employed, theangular motion of the frame has little efiect upon the tension of the spring, and the pressure is practically constant. It may, however, be varied at will by changing the spring ends M from one to another of the pins N, an operation rendered easy by these long leverlike ends affording a convenient hold for the hands. The printing-roller is providedwith type and end flanges 0, both raised above the surface bearing the type, and the flanges press at all times upon the roll, causing the cylinder to rotate therewith whether or not the type is in contact with the paper.' The cylinder is composed of two end plates g, whose margins are the flanges O, and which are each provided with slight annular grooves 0 upon their inner faces. They are united upon one side by a barf and upon the oppo: site side by a screw-threaded rod cl, by which they may be drawn together. The type is placed upon a curved metallic plate or partial cylinder b, whose ends fit the groove 0, and which may thus be firmly clamped in position between the two ends g by turning the rod (Z. A slight loosening of the rod permits the insertion or removal of diiferent o printing-plates, which may be of any width within evident limits.

Ink-rollers P, a little less, in length than the. distance between the flanges O, are mounted in radial slots in the frame H, and are 95 pressed inward by springs W, wound upon a stud upon the frame and having their free ends resting, respectively, upon the projecting ends of the roller-shafts. Parallel to these rollers and in contact with on@ of them is an .ink-tube' Q, provided with end gudgeons S,

with a milled actuating-disk U. Between the end of the tube and the adjacent bearing a spring T is coiled about the gudgeon S to prevent accidental rotation by contact with the roller or otherwise. The possible rotation of the tube is limited by a pin t', Fig. 7, upon the gudgeon S and stops Y upon the frame. Ink is introduced into the tube through apertures X in its ends, and to permit the simultaneous use of inks of different colors an ink-tight partition R is placed in the middle. The tube is slightly flattened upon what is normally the upper side and provided'with a line of perforations V. Now when ink is needed upon the rollers P, this tube is turned until its flat side is approximately tangent to the eontiguous roller, the stops'Y limiting the motion when the ink flows through the aperturesV, and by the rotation of the rollers is distributed over both, the tube itself spreading it over the first. The accidental rotation of the tube by the contact of the moying roller is prevented by the spring at its end, and when the flattened and perforated side is turned toward the 01 .61 the Sl ght space due to flattening, While not preventing the'inking of the roller, is still suflicient to prevent the thickink from being rubbed into the apertures, stopping the flow. A sheet-metal shield h covers the entire inking-surfaces.

To secure still greater pressure upon the printing-roller when desired, there is provided a flat curved spring'zn, whose ends rest, respectively, against projections upon the rear face of the arms J and whose middle is carried in a traveling nut Z upon a threaded rod 7', longitudinally stationary, but reyoluble in a bearing it upon the shelf D Whatever the position of the cylinder 1, pressure can be applied through this spring byad j usting with the rod j. I i

What I claim is- 1. The combination, with the inking-roller, of the ink-tuberevolubly' mounted alongside and normally in contact with the roller and having one side flattened and perforated, and a spring pressing against the tube to produce frictional resistance to its rotation by'the contiguous roller, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combinatiomwith the frame B for the supporting-roll A, of the shelf D, parallel to the rolls axis, the hinged guides F, resting against the rolls surface, and the springs G, adapted to press the paper passing over said guides, and with the guides to conduct the paper beneath the tearing-bar E mounted upon said shelf.

3. The combination, with the frame 13 D, of the arms J ,pivoted upon said frame and provided ,with pins or hooks N at angular intervals about the piyotal axis,an d a'spring M, supported from the frame and provided withleyer like arms resting upon said pins, whereby the printing-roller carried by sa'id arms may be pressed downuniformly with any desired force;

4. The combination, with the frame B D for carrying the rolls A, of a printing-roller m unte in a swinging fr me supp by the frameB D and pressed against the roll A by a spring S, and a spring m, carried bodily against and'away from said swinging frame by'a nut Z, traveling upon the longitudinallyfixed rod j, revolubly mounted in the frame B D. i

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribin g witnesses.

HOMER T. XVILSON.

Witnesses:

SCHUYLER DURYEE, HARRY S. RoHREE. 

